A former music journalist, David Evans finds work through difficult circumstances when his ex-girlfriend, Erica Greene, turns up dead from an overdose. David loved Erica before she literally set his life on fire, and wonders why a mysterious attorney needs to urgently unload a letter and lockbox key from Erica’s estate.
The key leads David to hidden evidence in a Columbus bank that make Erica's death all the more sinister. He turns to another one of Erica’s old flames, Christopher Ruka, to assist with a suicide inquiry that looks more and more like murder by the day.
When the full truths are revealed, David questions everything he’s ever believed in, from friends and family to the very systems meant to protect him from harm. Chris Ruka, an expert in competitive intelligence with secrets of his own, could be the only person who can help avenge Erica. And he’s got his own ideas…
